Like the lute in the I Musici version, Canino echoes the soloist’s melody in a gorgeous rendition of the “Winter Largo”, except that he does an even better job! Yet again in Winter, Canino steals the limelight from the soloist with his ingenious additions to the harpsichord score. The result is a poetic picture of a dying autumn, heralding the arrival of winter. Most astonishingly, at the end of this movement, Canino produces an original reading of the final bars either by plucking the harpsichord strings directly or somehow dampening them. At best, his embellishments to the score are a delight, while his solo in the middle movement of Autumn is thoughtful and musical. Again the harpsichord’s parts are unobtrusive, complementing the soloist perfectly. Summer here is a mild one while Autumn is mostly a relaxed affair. Recordings of the Seasons are now just as interesting for the continuo as the soloist. In this performance of The Four Seasons, Spring comes across as a conventional reading with blah (drab, dull, uninteresting – you get the idea) string playing, but with some very original decorations from the harpsichordist, Bruno Canino. Concerto in E major, op.8 no.1 RV269 “La primavera” (Spring)Ĭoncerto in G minor, op.8 no.2 RV315 “L’estate” (Summer)Ĭoncerto in F major, op.8 no.3 RV293 “L’autunno” (Autumn)Ĭoncerto in F minor, op.8 no.4 RV297 “L’inverno” (Winter) Coupled with…Ĭoncerto for 2 Trumpets* Salvatore Accardo violin

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